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Melcórë

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  1. It depends. The people that I've spoken to felt that Zeppelin's ticket prices were ludicrous back in the day.
  2. The money situation is very interesting -- Hoskyn's recent book suggests that there was some contractual subterfuge in the post-Zeppelin period.
  3. Hiroshima 1971.09.27 - Love and Peace (EVSD-591~593)
  4. You "feel sorry" for us because...we actually care about one another? I don't understand your concerns. I'd say your view of the 1970s is through rose-coloured glasses...I'd rather fall in love and play it safe than burn out and fade away, like so many from that generation did...not to mention all the other issues. Your comments about Maureen seem...misguided? It seems that Robert had a wandering eye early on - he might have cheated with her sister in the late-60s. I'd hazard a guess that constantly being away from the family, and the loss of their son, is what damaged their relationship more than the infidelities.
  5. The first part is an excuse - "that's the way it is." Bullshit. They could abstain - the fault is on them, not the business. Isn't it a judgment to say that people are "pathetic"?
  6. They weren't that young, at least not by the time that Audrey came around - Percy and Bonzo were both twenty-nine, and Jonesy and Pagey past thirty. That second bit robs them of the fact that, at some point, they chose the women/drugs. The lyrics to "Sick Again" reflect a sympathy with the thirteen year-olds...who were still passed around, although maybe not by the lads.
  7. Too bad you aren't a mod who can close it, then! Unfortunately, it's the dirt that is most often discussed when it comes to celebrities. The focus on sex and drugs was what I liked least about Barney Hoskyn's recent book.
  8. Hmm? You're naïve if you think that Robert truly loved a groupie. I find it hard to believe that he really "loved" any woman to begin with, seeing as almost every relationship he had was mired in infidelity. Unfortunately, they've lived (and committed their infidelities) in the public eye - and, at least, some of the people involved (i.e. the women) don't mind having their stories told. As for Pagey and Plant's "issues with women"...can't really speak for the former, but rumours have always followed Percy around. I don't think he's changed all that much.
  9. Lmfao. Yeah...because, you know, it wasn't like he was out screwing the next girl. Robert's track-record is fairly public...
  10. False. Seattle is a good show - not great, but good. The final shows in Oakland has some awesome moments, too. As to the gory details...thanks to HotDogAudrey (I guess?) for getting another look into the lives of the group - overall, the story resonates with other things that we've heard, atlhough (of course) everything must be taken with a grain of salt. Robert...is often painted as the "good one," so-to-speak, of the band. This episode only makes it more clear to me that he was just as bad as the rest of them - he might not have almost killed himself through heroin, or drunk himself to death with booze, but...he did his fair share of heartbreaking.
  11. You haven't watched that 1975 Who DVD, have you? It looks like shit, it sounds like it, and, hell, it's choppy all over the place - it was released to masses.
  12. I can't speak for anyone else (well, maybe for publicenemy3) by my appreciation of InThrough the Out Door increased dramatically after I purchased and listened to the "Mastered for iTunes" version of that album. It still isn't my favourite, but I would most definitely say that I now derive great enjoyment from the album, and, more importantly, that I finally "get" it.
  13. Of course, people have challenged the degree to which Pagey was "sole producer" of the Zeppelin albums.
  14. Haven't heard that part yet. I'm not the biggest fan of Winston's work, but haven't heard his Destroyer - will have to check it out!
  15. I don't mind EVSD's mastering in general. I prefer the sound of their Maximum Destroyer, for example, to the low gen. (master?) release. np: "Whole Lotta Love" medley, 27/02/1972
  16. I don't own any vinyl boots, but I almost bought a copy of Blueberry Hill (not sure which label/if it had one) at a flea-market. The guy wanted something like $40 for it.
  17. "Dazed and Confused" 30/12/1968 I forgot to listen to it on the anniversary (:'() and have been making up for it ever since.
  18. I enjoyed Jack Black - and so did they. The whole affair, culminating in the end of "Stairway," left me in tears - what a ponce I am!
  19. Apparently I don't have that show. Will have to rectify that situation! np: "No Quarter" - 19/03/1975 (Vancouver)
  20. I've listened to (or at least heard) Led Zeppelin throughout the entirety of my life, either via my dad, or from Q107, the (semi-)local "classic rock" radio station. When did I really get into the group, though? Hard to say...I know I started to listen to their music with more focus and enjoyment as I was exiting primary school and starting high school, but at the time I was beginning Grade 9, I probably dug The Stones a little more thanks to Hot Rocks. If memory serves me right, the moment when I became convinced of their superiority (and my fanatacism) was sometime in that first year of high school - I distinctly remember listening to and loving the first album through headphones, and then being absolutely blown away by the second, and by the time I reached the fourth album, I was hooked, and have never looked back. My favourite memory as related to listening to Zeppelin, though, would be the first time I heard Physical Graffiti played in full - not just "Trampled," or "Kashmir," but actually listened to the entire album. The variety of the music included on that LP continues to astound me; every little nuance of the album, from song choice to the artwork...it just impacted me on a much greater level than any other music has.
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